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No. !506,957. Patented July 5, !898. R. COLLEN.

TRUSSING MACHINE.

(Applicatio filed Dec. 24, 1897.)

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No. 606,!357. Patented July 5, !898.

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TRUSSING MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 24, 1897.)

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TRUSSING MACHINE.

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No. 606,957. Patented July 5, |898.

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TRUSSINGMACHINE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 606357, dated July 5,1898.

Application filed December 24:, 1897. Serial No. 663,368. (No model.)

To all whom it may conoern: I

Be it known that I, ROBERT COLLEN, cngi neer, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at 30 Pigott street, Limehouse,London, England, have invented certain Improvements inTrussing-Machines, of which the following is a speoification.

This invention relates to trussing-machines for use in making casks orthe like, and has for its object to construct a machine which shall becapable of trussing casks of different sizes.

In a machine constructed according to this invention the hydraulic orother pressure de- Vice for forcing the trussing-hoops onto the stavesis provided with a reversible head'or double cone, each side or cone ofwhich operates on a cask of a size differing from that on which theother side or cone operates.

I will describe the invention by reference to the accompanying drawings,in which two different examples of its application are shown, Figur-es 1to 6, inclusive, showing it applied to a Vertical or what is hereintermed an open trussing-machine, and Figs. 7 to 9, inclusive, showing itapplied to a horizontal or what is herein termed a closetrussing-machine.

In the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a front and a sideelevation of the open trussing-machine, of which the base is shown inplan in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is a view of a por-' tion of the apparatus, shownpartly in Vertical section. and partly in back elevation. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section on the lines 5 5 of Figs. 1 and 4, with the yokeomitted. Fig. G is atransverse vertical section on the lines 6 0 ofFigs. 1 and 4. Fig. 7 is a View of the close trussing-machine, shownpartly in front elevation and partly in longitudinal section. Fig. S isan end elevation of the last-named machine, and Fig. 9 is an clevationof a detached portion of the said machine.

Like letters of reference represent like or corresponding partsthroughout the drawngs.

The two trussing-machines shown in the drawings are both represented asoperated by hydraulic power; but it is to be understood that myimprovements may be applied to machines operated by any other power, theterm pressure device used herein being intended to apply to any meanswhich may conveniently be used for supplying the necessary pressure.

In the open trussing-nachine shown in Figs. 1 to 6, wherein the pressuredevice A, in accordance with a separate application for Letters Patentof even date herewith, is situated at the upper part of the apparatus,the reversible head or double cone B is pivoted by its trunnions Z) inblocks O, secured to a fork or y'oke A operated by the pressure de- ViceA. The standards ,or guides D restrict the movement of the blocks O to avertical path.

The reversible head Bisinternally'conical at its upper and lower parts,these two cones b ?3 being of different size, as shown most clearly inFig. G. Each of the cones b b as in other existing trussing-nachines, isdivided Vertically, so that one of its parts may form a hinged door b'which when opened, as shown, for example, in Fig. 5, 'gives ready accessto the interior of the cone for the insertion into or removal from itsgrooves 12 of the trussing-hoops. The two doors b are hinged to oppositesides of the head B, so'that each of the said doors may' betpresentedtoward the front of the machine when the particular cone to whichitappertains is presented downward that is to say, when it is in itsoperative position.,

The doors Zr* are retained in their closed positions by screw-baildevices b which may be turned inward against the cones to enable them toclear the yoke A when ,the head I B is being reversed. The head may belocked in either of its two operative positions by means ofa pin or boltE, which fits into a hole for-med half in one of the guide-blocks C andhalf in the adjacent surface of the head B. A

On the base-plate F are provided adjustable brackets ff for supportingthe trussinghoops which are to be fitted onto the lower ends of thestaves, and adjustable rings f against which the lower ends of thestayes rest, so that the said staves may be supported in position forinsuring that their upper ends will be properly engaged by the cone 19or b when the head B is lowered. By the last- IOO trussing-hoops in thegrooves 6 are passed over them to hold them in that position. When thehead is in its lowered position, the door ?1 of the cone b or ?9 then inoperation is opened and the bracket f on the base-plate F is swungforward, as indicated in dotted lines in Figz, so as to allow the caskto be removed, after which other trussing-hoops are placed in position,the door 17 is closed, the head B is raised,and a fresh batch of stavesis placed in position ready for a repetition of the beforedeseribedoperation. .y

The cash after being partly trussed, as previously described, has thetrussin g completed in the close trussing-machine shown in Figs. 7 andS, which comprises two reversible heads 13 13 each of substantiallysimilar Construction to the head B previously described, excepting thatin this machine the doors Z2 are not provided. The head 13 is caused totravel horizontally along the machine by the pressure device A; but thehead 13 has no such motion, this head being pivoted in the ends of thetwo rigid guide-frames D.

The heads 13 13 are each provided with a number of hinged thrust-piecesb b which when in their operative positions project the thrust-pieces bbeyond the edges of the cones IP b and the thrust-pieces b throughopenings in the said cones. In the interior of the heads are recessesfor the reception of hoops or rings to be forced onto the opposite endsof the cask being made. The partly-trussed cask when introduced into themachine is placed between the two heads B 13 (in which have beenpreviously inserted two headhoops) and supported on the lowermost of thethrust-pieces ?1 which may themselves then be supported by blocks. Allthe other thrustpieces b are then placed in their operative positions,and afterward the head B is advanced, so that the front ends of the saidthrust-pieces press against the bulge-hoops (previously applied to thecask in the open trussng-machine) and force them into position along thestaves. The head 13 is then withdrawn slightly and the thrust-pieces bof both of the heads B 13 are moved outward into their inoperativepositions and the thrust-pieces b are turned into their operativepositions, so as to cause them to engage with the quarter-hoops andforce the said hoops into position when the head 13 is next movedforward. After this the head 13 is again withdrawn and the thrust-piecesb are moved into their inoperative positions. The staves are thuscontracted or drawn close together at their ends, so that by the nextforward movement of the head 13 the ends of the staves will enter thehead-hoops placed in the heads 13 13 which hoops being thus forced ontothe ends of the staves the trussing is completed. The head 13 is thenwithdrawn and the trussed cask removed from the machine.

The head 13 is connected to the pressure device by means of a cuppeddisk G and bolts g, and when it is desired to reverse the said head thelatter is moved slightly forward by the pressure device A and thenbrought to rest. The bolts g are then removed and the pressure devicemoved slightly backward, so as to leave room for the turning of the headB After this latter operation has been effected the pressure device isagain moved up to the head B`* and the said head is Secured to the diskG by the bolts g, the disk G, as shown in Fig. 9, being provided withtwo sets of bolt-hols g g respectively, to correspond with the twodilferent sizes of the cones ?9 ?1 The reversal of the head B, Figs. 1to G, and of the head 13 Figs. 7 and S, may be readily effected bywithdrawing the pin or bolt E and then turning the head and afterwardreplacing the pin or bolt E.

lVhen the reversible head B is operated by a hydraulic pressure device,as shown in Figs. l and 2, I prefer to provide the yoke A with a cup afor receiving any water which may leak through the stuffing-box of thehydraulic cylinder, this water being conducted to the side of themachine by a pipe &

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of thisinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. In a trussing-machine the combination with a pressuredevice of a reversible head, pivots on the head connecting it to thepressure device, cones of different size at opposite sides of the headfor Operating on easks of different diameters, and lock devices for thehead substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a trussing-machine of reversible cones ofdifferent size for operatin g on casks of different diameterssubstantially as set forth.

3. In a trussing-machine the combination with a pressure device ofreve'sible cones of different size and pivots connecting the cones tothe pressure device substantially as set forth.

In testinony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

R. COLLEN.

lVitnesses:

YVILLIAM FREDERICK UPToN, JOHN EDWARD NEWTON.

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